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The redox profile of the bottom sediments in the Ob River’s mouth area

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By the data of cruise 54 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh (September 2007), the results of geochemical studies of the redox processes in the bottom sediments of the Ob River’s near-mouth area as applied to the redox indicator elements such as manganese, iron, and sulfur are presented. The characteristics of the bottom sediments and the distribution of these elements in them testify not only to the significant role of the mixing processes in the formation of the geochemical profile of the bottom sediments in the estuary but also to the role of the postsedimentation (diagenetic) processes.

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  1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    A. G. Rozanov

  2. The Atlantic Branch of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kaliningrad, Russia

    V. A. Chechko

  3. Institute of Environmental Problems of the North, Urals Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Arkhangelsk, Russia

    N. M. Kokryatskaya

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Original Russian Text © A.G. Rozanov, V.A. Chechko, N.M. Kokryatskaya, 2010, published in Okeanologiya, 2010, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 850–961.

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Rozanov, A.G., Chechko, V.A. & Kokryatskaya, N.M. The redox profile of the bottom sediments in the Ob River’s mouth area. Oceanology 50, 806–817 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437010050176

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